Slug galley for typographical machines



Nov. 5, 1935. w. WILLIAMS 2,020,269

SLUG GALLEY FO R TYPOGRAPHICAL MACHINES 'Filed Nov. 5, 1934 f4 25 a 5 1 78L b INVENTOR I 24 mZlea/r )Vrl/aarys mmv 00PM ATTORNEYS Z5 27 7b 7 I Patented Nov. 5, 1935 SLUG GALLEY William Williams, Broo Intertype Corporation poration of New York Application November 5, 1934, Serial No. 751,614

18 Claims.

Thepresent invention provides improvements relating'to the well-known outside galley used upon line composing and type slug casting machines, and more especially machines of the general .class disclosed in U. S. Letters Patent No. 436,532 granted September 16, 1890. The invention relates more particularly to a novel arrangement and disposition of the galley tray with respect to the machine and the position occupied by the operator thereof, and to improved mechanism for controlling the slugs as they are ejected from the casting molds and delivered to the galley.

In typographical machines of this class as now generally constructed, an ejector" blade pushes the slug forwardly edgewise from the mold in which it is cast and through a passageway o'r galley entrance alined with the casting slot in the mold, a forwardly projecting and downwardly curved chute or floor being provided .at the open front end of the passageway allowing the ejected slug to drop and slide endwise more or less unguided, into the .galley tray Where it comes to rest at one end'thereof with its character bearing edge uppermost. Such an arrangement is generally satisfactory for slugs not less than about twelve ems in length, but the relatively long path through which shorter slugs must travel unguided and the tendency of the slugs to tip forwardly at the-top when their narrow lower ends on which they re'st reach the chute entrance cause the slugs to frequently enter the galley in face-down position or' other faulty stacking of the slugs inthe galley.

Also, since the present construction of machines of this class and the design of the galley now generally used therein require location of the galley at a low elevation in relation to the operators eyes and thegalley tray extends parallel with the front of the machine and the slugs thereon lie perpendicular thereto, inspection of the characters on the slugs in the galley, which is frequently necessary, can be accomplished only by lifting the slugs out of the tray and holding them lengthwise for reading. 7

Apart fromthe objectionable-loss of time thus entailed, there is the danger of mutilating the characters on the slugs and also of replacing a slug onthe tray either in endwisereversed position or in transposed relation with the other slugs thereon.

The vprimaryobject .of the present invention isto overcome the foregoing objections by disposingthe galley tray rat a relativelysharp angleto th o t .Qf'lihfi mac s tha th sl s FOR TYPOGRAPHICAL MACHINES klyn, N. Y., assignor to Brooklyn, N. Y., a corthereon can be viewed lengthwise by only a slight turn of the operators head while seated at the keyboard of the machine. Also, according to the present invention, the galley is preferably located at a substantially higher level on the front of the machine than heretofore, so that the slugs can not only be viewed lengthwise, but also the characters thereon can be read without lifting the slugs out of the galley. Such angular disposition of the galley and its elevated location also 19 afford the advantage that the chute leading to the galley may be made much shorter than heretofore, so that the above mentioned difliculties experienced with short slugs traveling without proper guidance through a path suitable for long slugs, will be avoided.

A further object of the invention is to provide novel means for more effectively controlling the slugs as they are ejected from the molds into the galley entrance and moved therefrom to a position for discharge into the chute which delivers them into the galley tray. The invention is shown in the accompanying drawing as applied to a galley tray somewhat smaller than the one usually employed, and as the invention would 5 be applied when dealing with relatively short slugs, .but it is to be understood that the features of the invention herein disclosed are not limited in these respects. While the preferred embodiment of the invention is shown in the drawing and will be hereinafter vdescribed, it is to be understood that equivalent constructions are contemplated and such will be included within the scope of the claims.

In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 is a horizontal section taken through the usual molddisk and knifeblock frame of a typographical machine, showing the present invention applied thereto, this view being a section takenon the line ,l in Fig. 4;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary horizontal section through the knife block frame, showing the slug controlling mechanism according to the present invention in an intermediate operating position prior todischarging a slug into the galley chute; 5

Fig. 3 is a View similar to Fig. 2 but showing the slug controlling mechanism in fully operated position after effecting discharge of a slug into the galley chute;

Fig. 4 is afront elevation of a portion of the typographical machine, showing the knife block thereon and showing the galley chute and the associated mechanism in normal or fully operated position; and

Fig. 5 is a yertical section taken on the line 5-5 in Fig. 1 showing the right-hand end of the galley tray.

In the present instance, the invention is shown applied to a line casting machine of the usual construction having the conventional horizontally reciprocable mold disk I carrying one or more molds having cap and body portions I and I respectively and a knife block 2 having vertical trimming knives 2 and 2 the former being adjustable and the latter being fixed as usual, and having an ejector blade 3 which operates on its forward stroke as usual to push a slug cast in a selected mold on the mold disk from such mold and between the trimming knives.

According to the present invention, an upright bracket 4 is secured, as by screws 5, to the vise frame of the machine, this bracket having a shelf or platform 6 at its lower end to receive and support a slug standing on its end after it has been ejected forwardly and edgewise from the mold and pushed between the vertical trimming knives. Instead of allowing the slug to drop endwise into the galley chute while being advanced edgewise by the ejector, as heretofore, the full forward stroke of the ejector, according to the present invention, deposits the slug on the shelf 6 where it comes to rest momentarily, while still standing on its end, after which the slug is deflected sidewise bodily, in a manner hereinafter explained.

An upright or vertically disposed wall I is provided above the shelf 6, the front or operative face 8 of this wall being located in the plane of the casting face of the mold body l while this wall is in the position it occupies during ejection of a slug from the mold. The wall I is mounted to move laterally of the path in which the slug travels during its ejection, it being mounted pivotally in the present instance, its rear edge being pivoted at its upper end in a bearing 9 in the bracket 4 and its rear edge at the bottom being pivoted in a bearing H3 in the shelf 6. The means for operating the pivoted wall 1 comprises a bell crank lever pivotally mounted on a shoulder screw H in the shelf 6, this bell crank lever being located behind the wall I and being operatively connected thereto by a link 12 one end of which is pivoted to the wall I and the other end of which is pivoted to one arm l3 of the bell crank lever. A tension spring l4 anchored to the knife block and connected to the other arm I5 of the bell crank lever serves to return the wall 1 to its normal position and to retain it in that position. The link I 2 provides an operative connection between the wall 1 and the bell crank lever so that when the latter is actuated, the bell crank lever and said wall will swing simultaneously on their respective pivots. A slot I5 is formed in the wall 1 to provide a clearance for a finger-like extension of the arm l3 of the bell crank lever during the swing of the latter, this finger-like extension of the bell crank lever projecting, during its swing, beyond the front or operative face 8 of the wall 1, for a purpose which will hereinafter appear.

Normally while the mold disk is not in forwardly advanced position for casting and ejecting actions of the machine, the wall I occupies the angular position shown in Fig. 3. The swinging of the wall I from this position into the plane of the casting face of the mold body l is preferably controlled by the usual reciprocatory movements of the mold disk, a tappet I! being provided for this purpose in the present instance, this tappet being mounted to reciprocate through a bore in the knife block 2, the rear end of this tappet being so located that it will abut against the front face of the mold body l and its ence of the spring [4, and the tappet will be moved forwardly by the mold disk to an extent equal to the usual advance thereof for the casting and ejecting actions of the machine.

A downwardly curved chute floor l8 extends from the shelf 6, this chute floor when used with an angularly disposed galley tray forming another part of thepresent invention being correspondingly extended angularly to the front of the machine. A wall [9 is provided at one side of the floor l8 and a 'wall 20, which is adjustable to vary the width of the chute passage in accordance with the thickness of the slug, is provided at the other side of the chute floor 18. The wall 28 corresponds to the adjustable wall in galley chutes such as now commonly used except for the bend 20 therein which adapts it to the angularly disposed galley. The wall 20 is mounted so that it moves with the adjustable knife 2 whenever the latter is adjusted to change the seating of the knife. Since this adjustable feature of the knife and the adjustment of the side wall 20 of the galley chute therewith are well known to those familiar with machines of this class, it is deemed unnecessary to describe these features in further detail.

The galley tray is supported by a two-armed bracket 2! which is secured to the front of the vise frame 22 and projects forwardly therefrom, the galley 23 being mounted on this bracket so that it is inclined downwardly and forwardly and extends at a relatively acute angle with respect to the front of the machine, it being understood that the front of the machine is parallel to the plane of the mold disk. The bracket 2| is located at such a height that the rear edge of the galley tray will abut against and aline with the lower front edge of the curved floor l8 of the galley chute, as shown in Fig. 5. The height of the galley tray and the relatively sharp angle at which it is disposed in relation to the front of the machine enable the slug receiving end of the galley tray to be brought nearer to the point of discharge of the ejected slugs than heretofore, so that the shortest practicable chute may be used.

The usual slug stacker 24 is associated with the galley tray 23, the slug stacker being operated by an actuating lever or so-called slug lever 25. In the present instance, owing to the elevated position of the galley tray, it has been found convenient to pivot the slug lever 25 on a stud screw 26 in the bracket 2|, and to actuate this lever to stack the slugs as they slide into the tray, from the forward and rearward movement of a forwardly extending arm 2! on the mold disk support 28. The arm 21 and the ejector blade selecting handle 27 and cooperating scale 21 thereon, are parts of a well known construction employed on commercial machines of this class, and since they form no part of the present invention, detailed description thereof is deemed unnecessary. It may be explained however that when the mold disk advances, a cam surface 29 on the rear edge of the slug lever 25 is engaged by a part 29 on the arm 21 and causes the slug lever to rock in a clockwise direction in Figure 1 on its pivot 26 to bring the (6 slug stacker ,24 to the actuated position shown in this figure, and. when the mold disk retreats or moves rearwardly, a spring 30 retracts the slug stacker .24 into the dotted line position indicated inFig. 1, the slug lever 25 at the same time being rocked in an anti-clockwise direction, and while the slug stacker is in its retracted position, it will stand out of the path of the next slug entering the galley tray. The slug stacker 24 in thepresent instance is supported on rods 24 which are slidably guided on a bracket 24 secured to the galley tray 23 as by screws 24.

The operation of the mechanism hereinbefore described with respect to a single slug as it is ejected and brought to its final resting place crank lever arms l3 and I 5 and, through the the position of the slug S, wall 1 connecting link l2, swings the wall 1 into the position shown in Fig. 1. The usual forward .thrust of the ejector blade3 ejects the slug from the stroke of the ejector blade, deposits the slug, while standing on end, on the shelf 6 with its side face against the face 8 of the wall 1, as shown in Fig. 1..

The ejector blade then retreats following which the mold disk also retreats. The spring i4 is then free to act and it rocks the bell crank lever so that the arm l5 thereof drives the tappet I? rearwardly to the limit determined by the stop l1 while the other arm l3 of the bell crank lever, acting through the agency of the link l2 swings the wall 1 on its pivots 9 and Ill. As this movement of the Wall 1 takes place, the finger-like end or extension of the arm I3 which projects through the slot [6 in the wall 1 as said lever is rocked, engages the narrow back edge of the slug S. The swinging wall 1 sweeps'or bodily deflects the slug S sidewise over the shelf s while the arm 13 simultaneously advances the slug along the'face '8 of the wall 1. Fig.2 shows and arm l3 shortly after this action has started, and Fig. 3 shows thegfinal position of the wall 1 and arm 13 as determined by the stop l1 which, of course, is effective tocheck further rocking movement of the bell crank lever under the action of the spring l4.

The angular position into which the slug is thus deflected, brings it over the galley chute entrance opening 3i in the shelf 6, the slug then dropping endwise by gravity into the chute, the side walls is and 2!! of which guide the slug against tipping over and the curved floor [8 of which diverts it into the inclined plane of the galley tray, as will be clear from Fig. 5. Since the slug is discharged by pushing it sidewise, and in the illustrated embodiment of the invention, it is deflected to an angular position for this purpose, the adjustable wall "20 has a correspondingly angular portion 2ll which corresponds with the angle at which the chute I8 extends. Whentheslug is deflected bythe wall 1, the angular portion 2|! of the wall 20,.previously .ment its narrow rear Where only short adjusted when the trimming knives are set to correspond with the thickness of the slug to be .cast, will be in a position (see Fig. 3) to confine the slug between it and the opposite wall 1 and I9 and thereby prevent the slug from tipping sidewise as it drops off the shelf 6.

The present invention accordingly provides for deflecting the ejected slug sidewise to drop it off one of its side edges into the galley chute instead of pushing it forwardly edgewise to drop it off its narrow rear fore. This improved manner of discharging upended slugs sidewise oil the edge of the galley chute entrance avoids any tendency of the slug to tip forwardly at the top as heretofore, due

bottom corner, as heretoto thefact that when advanced edgewise as heretofore, the slug is not ment with its center supported in vertical alineof weight prior to the mobottom corner reaches the edge of the galley chute entrance. The present invention therefore assures positive control of the slugs, whether long or short, while dropping into the galley chute, without the necessity of employing special devices as heretofore to prevent objectionable tipping.

It will also be apparent that the present invention provides an improved arrangement of the galley with respect to the operatorsposition at the machine whereby due to its acute angular disposition and its higher elevation with respect to the front of the machine, slugs stacked thereon can be readily examined, without lifting them out of the galley tray. It will be obvious however that these advantages can be obtained in some instances from the angular disposition of the galley without locating the galley at a higher elevation although, for certain classes of work slugs, for example up to twelve ems in length, are being cast, the higher elevation of the galley aifords the added advantage of further facilitating quick visual inspection of the slugs on the galley tray without the necessity of picking them up therefrom. The height to which the galley may be brought will be governed by the length of the longest slug to be cast sincethe galley chute must of course be long enough to permit diverting the longest slug from its vertical endwise position into the inclined plane of V the galley tray chute. In any ables the slug to be brought as the slug descends through the case, the present invention enreceiving end of the as close to the discharge end of .the chute as the maximum slug length will permit, so that amuch shorter chute than heretofore .can be employed, and the chute be in proportion to the slug length, thus substantially improving the control of the slugs and the movement thereof after they are ejected.

While the invention has been shown and described as employing an angularly disposed chute and a pivoted wall for swinging the slugs into position to enter the same, it will be obvious to those skilled in the art that the advantages derived from discharging slugs by pushing them whether the wall for deflecting the slugs sidewise were pivoted ,or otherwise movable to impart lateral displacement of the slugs prior to entering the chute.

length may to suit a similarly; disposed galley or simply straight as usual and I claim as my invention:-

1. In a slug casting machine'havinga mold and means for ejecting a slug forwardly edgewise therefrom in vertical endwise position, a galley for receiving the ejected slug, achute for conveying the slug by gravity to the galley and means for delivering the slug sidewise to a position for dropping it into the chute.

2. In a slug casting machine having a mold and means for ejecting a slug forwardly edgewise therefrom in vertical endwise position, a galley for receiving the ejected slug, a chute for conveying the slug by gravity to the galley and means for moving the slug forwardly both edgewise and sidewise into the chute.

3. In a slug casting machine having a mold and means for ejecting a slug forwardly edgewise therefrom in vertical endwise position, a shelf to sustain the slug endwise at rest, a galley having a chute leading upwardly therefrom to an edge of the shelf displaced laterally from the plane of ejection of the slug, and means for moving the slug along the shelf from the plane of ejection to discharge it sidewise off the edge 'of the shelf into the chute.

4. In a slug casting machine having a mold and means for ejecting a slug forwardly edgewise therefrom in vertical endwise position, a shelf to sustain the slug endwise at rest, a galley having a chute leading upwardly therefrom to an edge of the shelf displaced laterally from the plane of ejection of the slug, and means for moving the slug edgewise and sidewise along the shelf from the plane of ejection to bring its side face to the edge of the shelf and discharge it endwise therefrom into the chute;

5. In a slug casting machine having a mold and means for ejecting a slug forwardly edgewise therefrom in vertical endwise position, a galley for receiving the ejected slug, a chute for conveying the slug by gravity to the galley and means operative to move the slug sidewise from the plane of ejection to a plane angular thereto for discharging it endwise into the chute- 6. In a slug casting machine having a mold and means for ejecting a slug forwardly edgewise therefrom in vertical endwise position, a

galley for receiving the ejected slug, a chute for conveying the slug by gravity to the galley and means operative to swing the slug in a sidewise direction from the plane of ejection to a position for discharging it into the chute.

'7. In a slug casting machine having a mold and means for ejecting a slug forwardly edgewise therefromin vertical endwise position, a shelf to sustain the slug endwise at rest, a galley having a chute leading upwardly therefrom to an edge of the shelf displaced laterally from the plane of ejection of the slug, and means engaging'the side of rest and operative to slide the lug sidewise from its plane of ejection to the edge of the shelf and discharge it therefrom into the chute.

8. In a slug casting machine having a mold and means for ejecting a slug forwardly edgewise therefrom in vertical endwise position, a galley to receive the slug, a chute for directing the slug to the galley, and a wall positioned to receive the slug ejected from the mold and movable laterally of the path of ejection of the slug to bring the slug into a position to enter the chute.

9. In a slug casting machine having a mold and means for ejecting a slug forwardly edgewise therefrom in vertical endwise position, a galley face of the slug at its position *aoadaee to receive the slug, a chute for directing the slug to the galley, and a wall pivoted in a position at one side of the path of ejection of the slug from the mold and swingable in a direction to move the slug laterally to the entrance of the chute.

10. In a slug casting machine having a mold and means for ejecting a slug forwardly edgewise therefrom in vertical endwise position, a galley to receive the slug, the slug to the galley, a shelf on which the slug may rest in vertical endwise position after ejection from the mold, means for moving the slug laterally toward the entrance of the chute, and

means engageable with the rear edge of the slug 15 and operative to advance the slug to the entrance of the chute.

11. In a slug casting machine having a mold and means for ejecting a slug forwardly edgewise therefrom in vertical galley to receive the slug, a chute for directing the slug to the galley, a finger engageable with the rear edge of an ejected slug, a member engageable with a side of said slug, and means for operating said finger to advance the ejected slug 25 to the entrance of the chute and for operating said member to movethe slug thus advanced laterally into a position to enter the chute.

12. In a slug casting machine having a mold and means for ejecting a slug forwardly edge- 30 wise therefrom in vertical endwise position, a galley to receive the slug, a chute for directing the slug to the galley, a pivoted finger movable in a path to engage the rear edge of an ejected slug and thereby advance it, a pivoted member 35 positioned to receive the ejected slug and movable in a path to swing the ejected slug laterally to remove it from the path of said finger and bring it to the entrance of the chute, and operating means for coordinating the movements of 40 said finger and member.

13. In a slug casting and means for ejecting a slug forwardly machine having a mold edgewise therefrom in vertical endwise position, a n

a chute for directing '45 galley to receive the slug, the slug to the galley, a pivoted finger movable in a path to engage the rear edge of an ejected slug and thereby advance it, a pivoted member positioned to receive the ejected slug and movable in a path to swing the ejected slug laterally 50 to remove it from the path of said finger and bring it to the entrance of the chute, and a link operatively connecting said finger and member to coordinate the movements thereof.

14. In a slug casting machine having a reciprocatory mold and means for ejecting a slug 'edgewise therefrom in vertical endwise position,

a galley to receive the ejected slug, a chute for directing the slug to the the chute, and actuating means for said member controlled by the reicprocatory movement of the mold.

15. In a slug casting machine having a mold and means for ejecting a slug forwardly edge- 65 wise therefrom in vertical endwise position, a. galley toreceive the slug, and a chute extending at an angle to the plane of ejection of the slug for directing the latter into the galley.

16. In a slug casting machine having a mold 7 0 ejection ofthe slug to receive the slug, and a chute extending at an oblique angle to the plane '75 a chute for directin l0 endwise position, a 20 galley, a member for, delivering the slug laterally to'the entrance 'of 60 of ejection of the slug for directing the latter into the galley.

17. In a slug casting machine having a mold and means for ejecting a slug' forwardly edge- Wise therefrom in vertical endwise position, a galley to receive the slug, a chute extending at an angle to the plane of ejection of the slug for directing the latter into the galley, and a member operative to swing the ejected slug laterally from the plane of ejection of the slug into a position in conformity with the angle of the chute.

' 18. In a slug casting machine having a mold and means for ejecting a slug forwardly edgewise'therefrom in vertical endwise position, a galley to receive the slug, a chute extending at an angle to the plane of ejection of the slug for directing the latter into the galley, and a pivoted wall movable into a position in substantial alinement with the path of ejection of the slug and into another position angular to said path to bring the slug into a position in conformity with the angle of the chute.

WILLIAM WILLIAMS. 

